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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-09
HOW LONG A WATCH SHOULD LAST

"A first-ciass watch should last for
100 years, if properly taken care Of"
said Il well-knOwn matchmaker to ~
New York Mail and Express man.
t'Thc reason that they wear out is
the fault of the owner ana not of the
watch. In the first place, II watch
should be cleaned and oiled once in
every eighteen months. If this is not
done the oil which lubricates the
works will dry and the works wear
outhy friction. Another mist ,ko is to
wear Il watch in an outside pocket
where 1t ID liable to be jamned. |
have known more watches ruined by
billiard playing than anything else.
In leaning over TO mako long shot
the vest pocket is frequently brought
In violent contact with tho table, and
this repeated jarring cannot fail to
iDjure the works. The best watches
arc made to-day in England. They
are masterpieces of workmanship. l
should say thai the American watch
ranks next, and those manufactured in
Switzerland third in order. Some
watches arc made to run eight days
with one winding, but they will never
become popular. Their owners al
ways forget to wind them TIP on the
eighth day. l know of only one or
two in this country. They are made
in Switzerland. The usual length of
time modern watches are calculated TO
run with one winding is from thirty
to thirty-siX hours"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-09
PEAR AND APPLE BLlGllrS.

Prof. BurrilI, of the faculty OF the
Illinois State University, is now said
TO be the acknowledged authority on
pear and apple bIighis. AS early as
1868, DIR. Salisbury, of Ohio, wrote that
pear and apple biights were due 10
fungi. But il was reserved for Prof.
BurriIl to prove that fungi were the
cause of these blighis, and to identity
the fungus "a microbe). This knowl-
edge has permitted the suggestion of
more rational means of prevention and
elimination (cure seems impOssibIe).
The first preventive measure is TO SO !.
lect those varieties which trial has
shown to be the least affected by the
blight. Anything which increases the
thrift of the tree is likely opposed to
tho appearance of the blight. Every
thing which lessons the depredations
of the common insects - leaf eaters,
fruit .snawers, trunk borers, etc.-tends
to prevent the Introduction of blight.
The fungi producing the disease are
rarely, if ever, carried in the air, and
however brought to the tree, they can
produce the disease only when there
are punotureS or wounds through
which they can pass to the tissues.
Washing with I've, which smoothes the
bark and destroys insects, can be rec
commended. So can coating with linz
seed oil, for the oil makes an imper-
vious coat. A dilute solution of car
boiic acid also may be protecting
wash, but petroleum roughens and
cracks the bark. AS preventive or re-
medal substances cannot be introduced
into tho tree through its roots, applics-
tions to the soil arc futile. The disease
can be eliminated only by cutting ::out
the affected parts. The cu.ving must
be severe, and the wound coated at
once with oil and lead paint or shelloc,
and the knife cleaned carefully after
each incision. The cutting is safest
when the sap is not howing.-JOhn III.
'%shl, IN Southern C.Niirator for Jul.y.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-09
THE DTFEy%RENCE

You go upon tho Board of Trade
Where margin merchants mect,
And take some little options
On january wheat;
You watch tho littlo ticker
Till tho hands swing round the ring,
Then you find your little doodle
Has gone u glimmoring.
That's business.
You go into n faro bank
And buy stack of chips,
Aud watch the cards como from the box
Which tho doalor dcftly nids.
When your head is dull and aching
At the breaktng of tho day,
You 500 that tickle fortune
Has gone the other way.
That's gambling.
It'd iitS.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-09

Colonel Dan Rice, who has been
sajourning in the city for a few days,
accompanied by his bride, leaves the
city to-day by the Queen and Crescent
Route for Cincinnati. Mrs. Rice, who
was II widow and is woman of
wealth, has never before been out of
the state of Texas. Making as she
now is honeymoon with man so
intelligent aud entertaining us Dan
Rice is, there can be no doubt that she
is enjoying every minute. Yesterday
they visited various churches and re-
newed their vows of obedience, and
examined the workings of benevolent
asylums in which Mrs. Rice is much
interested aud to which she has con
tributed literally
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-09
Row TO PREVENT CHICKEN CHOLERA

1t may be we'll for the poultry rea-
ders of The Southern Cultivator to
bear in mind that during the next
three months more adult fowls will
die than for the other nine months OF
the year combined. In July, August
and September dead grown chickens
are met with everywhere, under the
roosts, about tho fence corners, and in
the alleys. AT this season of the year
that dread scourge of the poultry y:rd,
chicken cholera, stalks abroad and its
victims are legion.
But why come in the autumn rather
than at any other season of the year ::
Because then it is that our birds are
all run down after laying and Matching
season, their natural vitality is at n
minimum, the heat is intense, lice are
numerous, water frequently is foul,
and they are beginning to moult,
which latter ordeal of itself generally
finishes the Oldest and most feeble.
The stencil that prevades some chick
en-hOuses of Il hot summer night would
kill n human being to inhale ii one
week. Then why subject tho fowls to
such unhealthy conditions and expect
them to remain strong and vigorous.
Ventilate that old hen-house. Knock
of the pIanks at the top of the sides :;
you can nail them on again in the late
fail. Lattice it up and leave plenty of
ventilation. Let the air pass through
Ii like sieve. All the chickens want
in the way of a house at night in the
summer time is shelter from the
rain. Clean it out thoroughly and
loosen up the earth i'm the bottom of
it. Whitewash it thoroughly inside
and ont. Wash the roasting perches
with copperas water (green vitricD and
throw fresh lime underneath them.
Don't stop with the first efforts, but
make it rule TO renovate once a
week, carrying out the droppings,
washing the perches and sprinkling
the lime about.
See to ii that the fowls have u good
place to wallow. Without their dus
bath the poor things will be over-run
with lice. The dust TO them is what
water is TO us. 1t cleanses and ;nviso-
rates them and improves their plum
age. Give them plenty of pure fresh
water. This matter must not be neg
lected at this season of the year.
Through their drinking wafer we may
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-09

The TELEGRAPH One dollar per
year.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-09
tONSTABLiE'S SALE.

THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH
OF OUACHITA, THIRD WARD
JUSTICE COURT
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-09
TRANSPORTATION

1TOR EENT-rhe commodiouS house on
Third street. formerly the Gayle resi-
dcndCe. and more recently known as the
King house.
For particulars apply to 5. MEYER.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-09
MONROE, La, JULY o, 1887.
PASTUR RAGE.

pasture is felt on many of the largest
plantations and, as a rule, the stock is
either kept up in a dry lot, or turned
outside, where it must be hunted and
gotten up before work, while the owner
runs great risk of the same stFaying
of, as many of our planters can testify,
they having lost by this same "stray-
ing off," It is all true that the outside
pasture or range in this section cannot
be surpassed, % there grows many of
the grasses that Northern farmers use
in oseeding down" their meadows.
These grow, but not like they would,
If enclosed 10 keep of cattle in the
spring and early summer, reserving
the grazing till tho dry summer months
come on. These grasses are ANIMALS,
and pereniais, have their seasons and
die. The cold winter finds them but
Wjthered blades, and poor feeling,
while u pasture that has been set with
Bermuda is green and splendid Graz~
ing. The general prejudice against
Bermuda will no doubt make many
texclaim,: 1--WE want none of it," The
fact of having p 'ture OF Bermuda
does not mean that we shall spread it
all over our plantations; by no means,
it is easily kept within Its own fence.
Bermuda in field of cotton or corn is
"A formidable enemy; but Bermuda in
a pasture is blessing to man and
beast, II blessing in the hay cut from
ii, and in the posture it affords alter
ward.
To have perfect pasture of bermuda
grass it should be set in July. The
ground should be thoroughly prepared
and MANFRED. The grass sod taken
from old lands, put into barrel, chop
ped fine with sharp spade, scatter
this as if you were sowing grain, har-
row AMI run over with a smoother or
clod crusher; by fall tue grass wilt be
we'll set and can be srazed during
winter. II one intends to NOV it for
hay, stock should be removed in April
and harrow run frequently over the
ground. By juno or July it will be
ready to cut, and after will obt 'in a
height Of eighteen inches.
We have in this neighborhood sev-
eral plantations that are fortunes in
themselves for the Bermuda hay that
is cut from them every year.
Other pastures may be ms lie by those
tearing Bermuda.
Rye or L riley planted in September
will afford fine winter pasture, and if
so desired, can be left to head, will
often yield from forty to sixty bushels
of grain 10 the acre.
Too mucn thought and care cannot
be spent upon this subject, and it will
save many field Of corn and much
anxiety in regard as to what to do with
stock out Of working time, dry COWS
as well.
We are glad to note the wiring in OF
many wood pastures in this section
woods that abound in switch aud
"mutton cane''-as it indicates n feel
ing on the part of our people to look
more after the pasturage of their stock.
Good pastures will inevitably bring
good stock, and the wish to improve
that, that we already have. 1t will
give It's an opportunity to raise our
own mules aud horses, as no ono feels
like trying this without the place in
which to care for them. NJ
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-09
S. MEYER W.. j. T.. HuX.-No. 81.

by VIRTUE OF \ WRIT OF III. FA.,
II issued 10y the Honorable Third Ward
Justice Court and TO me directed in The
above entitled and numbered suit, have
seized :lna taken into my possession and
will Proceed To sell, between legal hours of
sale, to tho last and highest bidder, ut he
door of tho Courthouse i'll the city of Mon
roe, La, on
Saturday, 9Th day Of July. 1887,
the following described property, to-wit:
One Packard Organ;
ono Armour, with glass-doors.
Seized as tho property of defendant and
will be sold to satisfy said writ and costs.
Terms of sale, cash, with benefit of APP
praiseneni. +. MCCIOE,
June -, 1887. Constable.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-09

81 hear that there is an American
college II; Rome" observed Mrs. Trip
per. "Is iherc"" replied Tripper.
show does its base ball club stand ~
It'd Bits.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-09
SELF-W!NDlNG CLOCKS.

IL is curious what II revolution in the
and l have often wondered that no
such plan had been adapted to clocks
This has now been done, and l fancy
the clock which winds itself up every
hour will produce II complete change
in the clock trade. The invention is
very ingenious. Tho mechanism
eliminates the heavy and costly parts
of the clock work, gives the movement
one Gftieth part of the work to do
originally cntailed on il, and secures
greatly increased efficiency and accu-
racy by the lightncss of its action.
OLD favorites need not be discarded, as.
in most cases, while retaining entirely
their old appearance they can be con-
verified to the now principle, and no
longer need the weekly visit for wind
ing. l went the other day to Queen
Victoria street to see these clocks.
where all about them was explained TO
me, and where | heard that the govern
ment has already adopted the system
for the new pos,otlicc building in
Manchester.
Victor Hugo relates in his posthu-
nous volume, "ChosCs Nues,' that
when Talleyrand died the physicians
embalmed his body, and, having fin
ished their task, placed on the Sable
the brain which had originated so
many thoughts, had inspired SO many
moitats. erected SO many buildings,
led two revolutions, and deceived
twcnty kings. After they had left Il
servant entered and saw tho brain.
"They have forgotten someihing," he
exclaimed, took fhe brain and threw
it into tho gutter. "Finis rcrum.'
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-09
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
SUCCESSION SAL.

THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. PARISH
or NUACHiTA, FIRTH DISTRICT
COURT.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-09
SUCCESSION OF MARION CowAN.

pY Writ u" OF AN ORDER OF SALE
- TO me direct.I by the Judge of tho Fifth
District Court, for the parish of Ouacliita.
will proceed to sell at public auction. at the
court house door, in the city of Monroe,
La, on
Tuesday, I'd day of August. 1887,
at y O'Clock, the following described prop
The north = of southwest 4, and south
q of northwest u, Sec. 81. II. II. north of
range east, lG0 acres more or less. with
all The improvements thereon. Ono mule,
head OF cattle, l horse (blind) head of
hogs. Lot Of household and k,tchcn fur
ntn"".
.uri.s of sale, cash, at appraised value.
J. T.. MCGUIRE, Sheriff.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-19
Mrs. Jamison's Strange Experience


1.-THE Story of an Enthusiast which was
published recently, is written by Mrs. G. V.
Jamison, of New Orleans, the author of
"Woven of Many Threads" and of many
short stories of exceptional power, one OF
which is 1.-THE Drinkwarer Tragedy" pub.
lished in Harper's Magazine a few years
since. Mrs. Jamison has the temperament
of the dramatic novelist. Her organiza-
ton is singularly responsive TO invisible and
mysterious influences When visiting Bos-
ton last summer Mrs. Jamison related to
the writer a curious incident of her
childhood. She was entering the parlor
and saw before her a man in mill
tary dress who seemed entirely at home in
the room, and the little girl supposed he was
a caller and thought no more of it at the
time. Later she asked her mother who the
stranger was. describing the military cos
tune, but no one in the house knew of him
or had seen him. Some time later the girl
discovered among some old family portraits
at the house of a relative, which she had
never before seen, the exact portrait of the
man whom she saw in her mothers parlor,
and learned that he was an ancestor Of the
family. There is no doubt that the finer
perceptions which take cognizance of things
invisible to others are a genuine endowment
of certain organizations, and when accom-
panied with the distinctive literary faculty
such writers give the perfection of imagina-
tive romance.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-19
Ancient and Modern Meteors.
From the Boston Transcript,

Since Pliny's time there has been long
record of aerolites, which aremore exactly
described, and no museum Is so poor that
it does not exhibit one or more specimens of
those visitors from unknown space. About
the Oldest known specimen is one weighing
260 pounds, which fell at Alsace in 1892.
which is still preserved in the church at
Ensisheim. The largest masses on record
were found about seventeen years ago on
the west coast of Greenland by the Swedish
Arctic Expedition There is now in the col
lection of the Royal Academy of Stock
holm one of them which weighs 25 tons,
and the museum of Copenhagen has an
other weighing 10 tons. In the British
Museum is one weighing tons, and in the
museum at st. Petersburg, one of ,6S5
pounds. The Smithsonian Institution. ct
Washington, has very remarkable specimen
discovered in Mexico, in 100, which. ac-
cording to an Indian tradition, fell 200 years
before that, during a shower of stones Its
weight is /, 400 pounds. There are over one
hundred specimens in Yale College museum,
one weighing 1885 pounds During the
present century aerolites have been carefully
studied and analysed, and indeed, aside
from the general outside appearance by
which they are readily recognized by an ex-
pert, chemical analysis is the one sure test
by which they can be distinguished in
cases. LII casts JucJ dIo
largely composed of iron, and from one
which fell in Mexico, a sword blade was
made, which once was in the possession of
Gen. Ord of the United States Army. The
origin of these mysterious visitors has been
widely discussed, but never thoroughly ex-
planned OF the various theories there are
two which attract the most belief One
that space is filed with floating masses and
that our aerolites are that portion of them
that comes within the sphere of the earth's
attraction. The other is that they are pro-
iected from the sun and other planets by
the inconceivably tremendous forces at
work there. A few years ago some excite
ment was created by the claim of German
scientist that he had discovered traces of
animal life in aerolite, but this was never
confirmed. The report concerning the phe-
nomenon of Thursday evening states that
the mass was still very hot, so much so that
people could not approach within so feet
In modified degree we believe that this is
the condition in which others have been
found in this country and elsewhere. 1t is
strange that in the fall of SO many large
MASSES with such tremendous force there
has never been any well authenticated case
of loss of life. There have been reports
of fatalities resulting from this cause, but
we believe they have never been con-
firmed,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-19

FACING A MOUNTAIN LION.
Thrilling Experience of a Hunter II
the Rockies.
Fron the Anlerican AoricMlturist.

From, the american A0riculturist
With well-bitted horses, a complete outfit
and "Uncle" Pierson as guide, we left Lara
mic City, W. t., ON bright afternoon for
the game parks of Colorado and Utah.
Tim" Foley, one of the original proprietors
of the California Gulch Neadville), and
consequently possessing untold wealth, mad
come from his remote Green river cattle
ranch to join us ON this hunt. Auditor
Weston, of Nebraska, brought with him his
son Ralph, to indulge in some general iron
tierism" before entering college life. The
writer was full of the zes5 and buoyancy
which these far Western trips invariably
tmDart Through the peculiar hazy at
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-19

Throat Diseases commence with a Cough,
Cold or Sore Throat "BrowH's Bronchiof
7roches" give immediate relief. Sold only in
boreS Price 70 cts
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Address Registered Letters 10
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK.
New Orleans, La.

REMEMBER That That the R presence Of Gem %d
Early, who are in charge of the drawings, is a
guarantee of absolute fairness and integrity,
that the chances are all equal, aud that no one
can possibly divine what number will draw 4
Prize.
REMEMBER that the payment of all Prizes
is GUARANTEED BY FOUR NATIONAL
BANks of New Orleans, and the Tickets are
signed by the President Of an Institution whose
chartered rights are recognized in the highest
Courts; therefore, beware Of any limitations or
anonymous schemes.
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St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-25
McGLYNN,S FRIENDS.
They Are Not Allowed 10 Meet in
ST. Stephen.s Church.

New YORK. Jan. 24.-Nearly five thous-
and of DR.. McGlynn's parishioners thronged
about the entrances to ST. Stephens church
tonight, where it had been announced that
the committve of the parishioners would
make a report to the full body. Sixty
policemen we're in attendance as had been
requested by Father Dounelly. At7 o'clock
Father Donnelly, fapked on either side by
policeman, appeared inside the locked and
barred iron gate to the church basemect.
Addressing the people he said:
''You had better go home. The church is
closed and no meeting will be held Tonight
Then he retired and was not seen again.
Soon after the committee came down the
street. but were told by the police captain
that Father Donnelly had forbidden any
meeting. The chairman then mounted the
steps and announced that fact to the crowd,
telling them to go peacefully home, which
was done. Tomorrow night it will be de-
termined when and where monster meet
ing shall be held to hear the committees
report.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-25
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER CRAZY
They Arc FriE htened Into Insanity
by Burglarious Visit.


Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-A peculiarly sad
case of insanity i'll a well-known Indiana
street family was made public to-day,
when Mrs. j. p. Allen and her daughter,
Mrs. Mary Raub, were arraigned before
jury in Judge Prendergast's court. Mrs.
Allen is respectable looking, aged and
feeble. She at present lives on State
street, near Thirty-tifth street. Some time
ago Mrs. Allen began to show signs of hallu-
cination, but was harmless. Her son-in-law
Henry Raub grain broker, was informed
of the old lady's mental condition, and at
once instituted proceedings to have her
placed i'll an asylum. Mrs. Allen strenu-
OuSly opposed this and employed able coun-
Gil to defend the case. Before the trial
burglars broke into the house of Mrs Allen
and her daughter Mrs. Ranb:9s The ma
rauderS terrified the women, and by. pre-
into Mysteries. When assistance arrived
the room was found to have been
despoiled of all its valuable contents,
BY signs the women made known what
had taken place, but their reason had fled.
Physicians were at once summoned, but
were unable to alleviate the sufferings of
the victims. To-day both were arraigned,
and looked ptable. Occasionally a streak
of reason would apparently parade their
minds. but the next moment all would be
blank, 1t was agreed that Mrs. Allen
should be cared for by her son, and that
Mrs. Raub should be taken home and
treated bV her husband